1983 Australian Football Championships

The 1983 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition was won by Western Australia.^[1]^[2]

Results

Game 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
South Australia	26.16 (172)	Victoria	17.14 (116)	Football Park	42,521	16 May 1983 ^[3]		Seven

Fos Williams Medal: Michael Aish (South Australia)^[4]

Game 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Western Australia	24.14 (134)	South Australia	16.14 (110)	Subiaco Oval		4 June 1983

Simpson Medal: Stephen Michael (Western Australia)^[2]
Fos Williams Medal: Craig Williams (South Australia)^[4]

Game 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Western Australia	16.22 (118)	Victoria	16.19 (115)	Subiaco Oval	44,213	12 July 1983 ^[1]		Seven

Simpson Medal: Maurice Rioli (Western Australia)
Tassie Medal: Stephen Michael (Western Australia)^[2]

Standings

1983 Australian Championship

TEAM

PTS

Western Australia

252

225

52.83

South Australia

282

250

53.01

Victoria

231

290

44.34

All-Australian Team

Following completion of the series, the best players over the three games were selected in the All-Australian team.^[2]

1983 All-Australian team
B:	Stephen Curtis (SA)	Craig Williams (SA)	Stephen McCann (Vic)
HB:	Keith Greig (Vic)	Ross Glendinning (WA)	Tony Giles (SA)
C:	Craig Bradley (SA)	Michael Aish (SA)	Robert Flower (Vic)
HF:	Gary Buckenara (WA)	Terry Daniher (Vic)	Peter Motley (SA)
F:	Michael Tuck (Vic)	Simon Madden (Vic)	Kevin Taylor (WA)
Foll:	Matt Rendell (SA)	Stephen Michael (WA) Captain	Maurice Rioli (WA)
Int:	Mark Lee (Vic)	Mike Richardson (WA)

Coach:	John Todd (WA)

Squads

Western Australia	South Australia^[5]	Victoria^[6]^[7]
Coach: John Todd Both Games Stephen Michael (Captain) Wayne Blackwell Phil Cronan Paul Harding Don Langsford Warren Ralph Murray Rance Tony Solin vs South Australia Michael Aitken Craig Edwards Shane Ellis Les Fong Steve Goulding Ray Holden John Ironmonger Stan Magro Michael Mitchell Phil Narkle Darrell Panizza Willie Roe Peter Thorne vs Victoria Rod Barrett Ron Boucher Peter Bosustow Gary Buckenara Tony Buhagiar Ross Glendinning Gary Malarkey Andrew Purser Mike Richardson Maurice Rioli Garry Sidebottom Kevin Taylor	Coach: Bob Hammond Both Games Russell Ebert (Captain) Michael Aish Craig Bradley Tony Giles Stephen Kernahan Bruce Lindner Greg McAdam Garry McIntosh Peter Motley John Riley Daryl Schimmelbusch John Schneebichler Keith Thomas Craig Williams vs Victoria Stephen Copping Neil Craig Mark Naley Greg Phillips John Platten Matt Rendell Greg Whittlesea vs Western Australia Andrew Aish Stephen Curtis Rick Davies Danny Jenkins Tony McGuinness Frank Spiel Did not play Bruce Abernethy	Coach: David Parkin Both Games Robert Flower (captain) Terry Daniher (vice-captain) Geoff Cunningham Stephen Icke Simon Madden Stephen McCann vs South Australia Rod Ashman Neil Clarke Neil Cordy Jim Edmond Robert Elphinstone Glenn Hawker Grant Lawrie Alex Marcou Peter McConville John Mossop Barry Rowlings Laurie Serafini Ken Sheldon Greg Smith Brian Wilson Mark Yeates vs Western Australia Mark Browning Jim Buckley Michael Conlan David Dench Des English Russell Greene Keith Greig Wayne Johnston Peter Knights Mark Lee Geoff Raines Brian Royal Michael Tuck Terry Wallace Tim Watson Dale Weightman Did not play Greg Burns Peter Daicos Gary Dempsey Bernie Quinlan Les Parish David Rhys-Jones Wayne Schimmelbusch

Western Australia

South Australia^[5]

Victoria^[6]^[7]

Coach: John Todd
Both Games

vs South Australia

vs Victoria

Coach: Bob Hammond
Both Games

vs Victoria

vs Western Australia

Andrew Aish
Stephen Curtis
Rick Davies
Danny Jenkins
Tony McGuinness
Frank Spiel

Did not play

Bruce Abernethy

Coach: David Parkin
Both Games

vs South Australia

vs Western Australia

Did not play

References

1 2 "Seven Victorians in All-Australian side" (Round 16 (Week 2)). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 16 July 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
1 2 3 4 "WA thrills with 3-point win". The Canberra Times. 13 July 1983. p. 40. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
↑ "State selectors to study Victorian defeat in S.A." (Round 9). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 21 May 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
1 2 "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
↑ "Four Vics. in SA squad". The Age. 3 October 1979.
↑ "State selectors names a flexible side for Adelaide" (Round 8). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 14 May 1983. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
↑ "Geoff Raines added to Victorian State squad" (Round 16 (Week 1)). VFL Media Department. The Football Record. 9 July 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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1983 All-Australian team

Coach John Todd (Swan Districts)

South Australia Michael Aish (Norwood) Craig Bradley (Port Adelaide) Stephen Curtis (Port Adelaide) Tony Giles (Port Adelaide) Peter Motley (Sturt) Matt Rendell (Fitzroy) Craig Williams (West Adelaide)

Victoria Terry Daniher (Essendon) Robert Flower (Melbourne) Keith Greig (North Melbourne) Mark Lee (Richmond) Simon Madden (Essendon) Stephen McCann (North Melbourne) Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)

Western Australia Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn) Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne) Stephen Michael (South Fremantle) (Captain) Mike Richardson (Collingwood) Maurice Rioli (Richmond) Kevin Taylor (East Fremantle)

Western Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships

Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983 Western Australia 16.22 (118) defeated Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983

Both games	Blackwell Cronan Harding Langsford Michael (c) Ralph Rance Solin

State game vs. South Australia	Aitken Edwards Ellis Fong Goulding Holden Ironmonger Magro Mitchell Narkle Panizza Roe Thorne

State of Origin vs. Victoria	Barrett Boucher Bosustow Buckenara Buhagiar Glendinning Malarkey Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor

Coach: Todd

South Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships

South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983 Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983

Both games	M. Aish Bradley Ebert (c) Giles Kernahan Lindner McAdam McIntosh Motley Riley Schimmelbusch Schneebichler Thomas Williams

State of Origin vs. Victoria	Copping Craig Naley Phillips Platten Rendell Whittlesea

State Game vs. Western Australia	A. Aish Curtis Davies Jenkins McGuinness Spiel

Coach: Hammond

Victorian team – 1983 State of Origin

South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983, crowd: 44,521 Western Australia 16.22 (118) d Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983, crowd: 44,213

Both games	Cunningham Daniher Flower Icke Madden McCann

vs. South Australia	Ashman Clarke Cordy Edmond Elphinstone Hawker Lawrie Marcou McConville Mossop Rowlings Serafini Sheldon G.Smith Wilson Yeates

vs. Western Australia	Browning Buckley Conlan Dench English Greene Greig Johnston Knights Lee Raines Royal Tuck Wallace Watson Weightman

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